As the President and CEO of Consumer Reports, Marta L. Tellado leads America’s foremost consumer organization—an independent nonprofit that works side by side with consumers to advance truth, transparency, and fairness in the marketplace.  She is known as a transformational leader with a talent for innovation, a passion for public service, and a distinguished portfolio of accomplishments in mission-driven organizations.

Marta attended Columbia High School and Fairleigh Dickinson University, and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Yale University.  She currently serves as a trustee on the boards of International Consumer Research & Testing, Consumers International, The Washington Center, and Fairleigh Dickinson University.

She will be in conversation with David Brancaccio, Host and Senior Editor of public radio’s Marketplace Morning Report and Host and Senior Editor of the PBS series NOW, the award-winning newsmagazine of investigative reporting.